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Haley, Peyton and Brooke picked up the pieces of paper that were set on their desks ten minutes later.

Team A:

Blue- Matt McAllen

Marcie Wiggins

Red- Abby Jackson

Steven Jorgenson

Black- Haley James

Jake Jegelski

Green- Hannah Small

Lauren Waddell

Team B:

Blue- Alex Willing

Thomas Wynne

Red- Molly Smart

Eric Smith

Black- Brooke Davis

Nathan Scott

Green- Zach Myron

Tony Planck

Team C:

Blue- Erica Marsh

Kelly Douglass

Red- Tim Smith

Theresa Barber

Black- Peyton Sawyer

Lucas Scott

Green- Kendall Givens

Jordan Kushner

Team D:

Blue- Noori Dua

Sean Paul

Red- Ally Wood

Diana Worthington

Black- Sam Mathews

Natasha Anderson

Green- Jack Thomas

Hunter Dane

"God this is so confusing." Brooke sighed.

"Yeah, what does all of this mean?" Peyton asked.

"Okay class, I know this is all really confusing to you and you don't know what any of this means." Mr. Jackson said.

"Wow, he's good." Haley commented. They laughed and waited for him to continue.

"So, here's the deal. Each team has four colors as you have surely observed. Your team is not really your team just the group of people that your competing with. Colors are the main teams. For instance, say the black team wins, that is the group you will be going to Florida with. So if they win, Jake, Haley, Brooke, Nathan, Peyton, Lucas, Sam and Natasha will go. Are there any questions?" No one answered. This was a little hard to take in but they got the drift of it.

"Good, then I'll let you go to your classes. Remember, next week the classes will be cut down so all you classes will be over with by lunch." Mr. Jackson finished. Haley smiled at the thought.

"So has everyone noticed that we're all black?" Jake asked.

"Yeah, oh, this means we have to go shopping! Aren't you so excited?" Brooke squealed. Haley and Peyton exchanged looks. They knew what this meant, hours and hours of time in stores like Bebe and Guess looking for the perfect black outfits for the next week or so. Apparently, they had to wear their team color for the entire week. Since there were six homerooms classes, they were lucky to get black as their color.

"Okay, so I'm thinking we could be like Destiny's Child and wear like the same thing only in different versions." Brooke explained as they wandered aimlessly though the mall.

"Sounds good," Haley replied noticing that Peyton was eyeing a very cute pair of shoes in a window display.

"Okay, here we are." Brooke dragged her two best friends into the Bebe store and walked straight to the back where the sport collection was. The three of them split and met back up near the dressing rooms. They all had the exact same things. For the bottoms, they had a pair of black sweatpants, a pair of black athletic shorts and a black fabric mini skirt all of which had Bebe printed in rhinestones on the butt. Tops included a black ribbed tank top, a black off the shoulder three quarter, and a black T-shirt all of which also had Bebe printed across the chest. They giggled as they tried each item on and modeled for the approving sales woman. Walking out of Guess, they decided to get little black dresses that they could dress down and wear to school. Haley's was a black string halter she could just wear with black flip flops. Peyton chose a black spaghetti strap dress and gold jewelry to make it more vintage, more her style. Brooke decided on a black tube top dress and a very cute destroyed jean jacket. All of their dresses went down to just above their knees.

"We are so hot!" Brooke cried as they got into her car after purchasing many pairs of new shoes from Chanel and Steve Madden. Their all time favorite.

"What are you talking about?" Peyton asked.

"Oh, don't pretend you didn't see all the guys that were so totally checking us out." Brooke replied laughing. Peyton rolled her eyes and slammed on the radio. When they finally got back to Haley's house, the door was strangely unlocked and slightly ajar.

"Okay, this is weird." Haley noticed pushing through.

"Tell me about it," Brooke whispered. Haley opened the front hallway closet door finding her brother's old baseball bat. She held it firmly in her hands and took a deep breath. Nothing seemed to be out of place until she found a single rose on the first step leading into her room.

"If this is Sam…"Haley trailed off.

"Okay, I'll go." Peyton offered. Neither Haley nor Brooke answered. As Peyton climbed the stairs Haley cautiously followed with Brooke at her heals. Once they got to the top of the stairs, Peyton sighed and opened Haley's door that had another rose taped to it. Haley poked her head around the corner; she couldn't take the suspense anymore. And there he was, sitting on the edge of her bed with a bouquet of roses in his hand, Sam Mathews.

"Can I help you?" Peyton asked crossing her hands over her chest in defense.

"Yeah, I was just waiting for Haley," he said. Suddenly Haley noticed how right everyone had been. He was just an annoying, arrogant, self centered, egotistical guy.

"Well she's not coming home tonight. She's over at Nathan Scott's. I think she'll be there for a while." Peyton explained.

"Is she with him or something?" Sam stood up and walked over to Peyton. Haley started creeping down the stairs in case he suddenly decided to leave.

"Not yet, but you never know." Peyton narrowed her eyes at him.

"Huh, then why are you here?" Sam questioned.

"We're redecorating her room." Brooke said popping out from behind Peyton holding a bucket of paint that was left by the painters last week.

"What for?" Sam looked surprised.

"Because we can, plus it's not like you ever did anything nice for her while you guys were going out. I'll be a nice change for her. Now I'll be taking that house key back now." Brooke demanded holding out her hand. Haley retreated even farther and finally hid behind the bathroom door. Still, she could hear everything they were saying.

"You know what? I was here to try and get her back because I felt like I was in love with her. Now you completely ruined that." Sam said.

"Oh please! Don't even try that with us. We care more about her than you ever will, and what you're feeling right now, this isn't love, its self pity. Now get out." Peyton pointed her finger at the door down the stairs and gave him a little push. Haley smiled to herself, so happy she had the best friends she did. The only thing she couldn't shake from her head was the thought of being with Nathan. It just seemed so…right.

So? What did you all think? I kind of liked this chapter but tell me what you thought anyway!

XOXO

Emily